TV series / 1999

Let's Go to Onsen

Episode directors Sounobu YamauchiHidehiro IwaderaTatsuya Ikezawa

DramaComedy

★ 5.0/10Audience rating

The story

Left at the altar after quitting her job to marry, Kaoru travels to the countryside to work at the Japanese inn and hot spring resort that her mother manages. With her daughter back, Kaoru’s mother decides to groom her to become the next manager, but this causes the woman previously in line for that position to become a jealous rival. On top of that, the rest of the staff don’t respect her and refuse to cooperate at every turn. Fighting to thwart the efforts of her rival, earning the respect of her co-workers, learning a new job and hopefully finding love along the way may be tough, but she is determined to make this her new home!

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1999 · 65 episodes Season details

Sept. 13, 1999

Kaoru sees her vacation at a hot-spring inn as a chance to get over her heartbreak after her fiance breaks off their engagement. But she soon finds herself caught in a position between her birth mother, the proprietor of the inn, and Kaoru's sister-in-law, whose position as the "next-in-line" at the inn was practically guaranteed. The loyalties of the employees are also tested, as the proprietor manipulates the younger women to her ends.

Season 2 Season 2 2000 · 60 episodes Season details

Nov. 27, 2000

It is six months after the battle between Kaoru and Yuriko over who should be the mistress of the onsen inn Kurahara. Saeko returns for a visit, only to find that things have changed drastically. When she finally finds Kaoru, who is supposed to be the mistress, she is shocked to find her working as a maid trainee. Saeko enlists the help of Yuriko, who has left the inn to help her husband, in order to reinstate Kaoru to her rightful position, and to return Kurahara to its former glory.